Is cannabis worse than alcohol? (health wise)?

like smoking tabacco gives cancer, alcohol causes liver failure, what does cannabis cause?

and is it worse for your health than alcohol, many people I know say it isn't, they say alcohol is worse for you and more of a health risk to your body

lol for the recors I don't smoke dope :P

I just want to know because a lot of my friends do it, and they said it's not as bad for as alcohol, so I thought I'd try to make sure they're correct :P

Either alcohol or tobacco are MUCH worse than cannabis.

We all know people whose lives were destroyed by alcohol. Yet here in the US, at certain times, more than 30% of people have used pot. Who knows someone whose life was ruined by pot? I sure don't.

Tobacco kills 400,000 people in the US ever year! Have you ever heard of someone dying from pot? I never have.

I -have- known people who smoked a lot of pot. I had a roommate who was a grad student that was stoned all the time. He smoked it first thing in the morning! But people like that are rare. Also he was still able to function, unlike a serious alcoholic or heroin addict or something like that. He was pulling a 3.8 GPA and holding down a part-time job too!

Pot smoke is probably as bad as tobacco smoke for your lungs, etc. But nobody smokes 3 packs of pot a day. Over the years, pot has gotten more and more strong, so you really only need a few puffs.

The British Govt. did an exhaustive study of the health effect of cannibis in India in the 1890s. They recounted there all the stories and anecdotes of people going crazy, damage to internal organs, violence, murder, suicide, etc. supposedly caused by cannibis but their study found none of these problems.

About the most dangerous thing about it is that it is illegal and can get you in trouble with the law.

Personally id say yes.. because cannabis affects you faster.. and alcohol just kills you slowly i guess :)

It is worse ,it causes brain problems like schizophrenia.

Alcohol ruins the liver,but cannabis is said to destroy brain cells and lower sperm count.

Take your choice...


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Frequent cannabis use increases the risk of developing depression and schizophrenia in later life

nobody knows for sure, they have only been doing tests on the effects of weed over the last few yrs

no its not as worse... alchohol is way worse.. people get violent not with dope though

No way!! Alcohol damages your liver etc... the only damage you'll get from smoking weed is from the tabacco you smoke it with. I personally don't think cannabis causes mental diseases, i think the people aren't right to begin with...

I'd say alcohol is worse for you.

I drink almost everyday, but only have a 'smoke' about twice a year when I meet up with certain friends.

I look a lot older and unhealthier than them, and they 'smoke' daily.

If alcohol was 'invented' today, it would be illegal.

Sometimes I wish that was the case..

That is not an concretely answerable question, as it depends on whether you are genetically prone to Cirrhosis or lung cancer. etc

Cannabis certainly can amplify mental instabilities in people, however alcohol does the same.

In my personal view, cannabis is safer for the followijg reasons:
1- in thousands of years of documented use there is not one verifiable case of death due to cannabis overdose. (the US state department claims otherwise, but unfortunately they are not trustworthy on this subject...try the lancet or unbias medical journals for proof)
2- Alcohol tends to lead to agressive behaviour. Cannabis leads to increased docility in the vast majority of cases.
3- Alcohol impairs your self-awareness leading you to think that you are fit to drive when you are not. Under the infulence of cannabis you may still be stupid and drive, but you are less likely to believe you are in a "fit state" as it does not inhibit that part of the brain.

As a bi-polar manic depressive- caused by ganja smoking- I would say they are as bad as one another if you have a moderate amount of either you will be ok. Too much of either will mess you up - especially long term. drink will cause unconciousness and pot paranoia - short term . take your pick. Another thing to consider with canabis is that you would be getting black market drug and as such you do not know if it is pure and the additives are most certainly going to be bad.

Alcohol: liver
Cannabis: Cancer and kills brain cells

Think about it... or have you smoked to much already?! lol

it also causes cancer, i have friends who smoked only weed and they died of cancer of the throat and lungs. smoking this also causes paranoia, schitsophrenia, lethargy and is a waste for young people to sit around smoking this crap.

honestly, you are looking at either lung cancer or kidney disease.

if you eat pot, you wont get cancer, but no one really eats their stash...

i think they are both wrong, but alcohol is worse, because it impairs your judgement more, and has more long-term attitude damage.

example: when people get drunk at bars, they get rowdy and start fights, pee on themselves, and are more aggressive, have just less control overall compared to someone who is high.

when they become alcoholics, they beat their kids and their wife, and stuff like that. i am sure there are some people like that with pot, but every older person that i know that had been smoking pot for 30+ years do not have these problems...

compare a tree-hugging hippie to a mean drunk.

cannabis gives cancer just like tobacco, because of the smoke, but it is a LOT healthier than tobacco, because there are no man-made chemicals that are put in it.

people that say one joint is equal to 5 cigarettes are only scaring you. it is really the other way around.

it might be worse off just because you dont use a filter on a joint, but if you smoke a filter-less cigarette, you are just asking for cancer.

Alcohol and Tobacco are the most lethal drugs more so than illegal drugs. Marijuana has never killed anyone nor had any severe side effects. There is no after or withdraw effects with marijuana unlike tobacco. Alcohol withdraw can actually cause death, and is the most horrible of all the illegal drugs. There is no conclusive link between cancer and marijuana.

cannabis causes mental health problems more than physical, my dads smoked it all my life and ive seen proof of that, but ive been smoking it on and off for the past few years and i find it helps mine..it effects everyone differently but long term it will have that same effect. alcohol effects you quicker and as the liver can heal itself if you give it time to, it can eventually lead to long term damage anyway. they both have their equal bad things about them, but that doesnt stop me from doing it....its just when its too late you realise its too late.

This can just be as addictive as tobacco and alcohol. It also can cause you to be paranoid. Taking anything like this can lead to much stronger and more dangerous drugs.

although cannibis can cause mental health issues , i believe that alcoholism is much worse as it can actually kill you but also it too eventally causes the same mental health problems as it destroys brain cells.